Information Choice in Macroeconomics and Finance
"The book is well structured and well written... Veldkamp does an excellent job combining different streams of the literature of information choice. This book helped me a lot to give a structure to my partial knowledge on imperfect information."--Christian Merkl, Journal of Economics
Most theories in economics and finance predict what people will do, given what they know about the world around them. But what do people know about their environments? The study of information choice seeks to answer this question, explaining why economic players know what they know--and how the information they have affects collective outcomes. Les mer
* Illustrates how information choice is used to answer questions in monetary economics, portfolio choice theory, business cycle theory, international finance, asset pricing, and other areas * Teaches how to build and test applied theory models with information frictions * Covers recent research on topics such as rational inattention, information markets, and strategic games with heterogeneous information
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Princeton University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 184
- ISBN
- 9780691142203
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 24 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
"The book is well structured and well written... Veldkamp does an excellent job combining different streams of the literature of information choice. This book helped me a lot to give a structure to my partial knowledge on imperfect information."--Christian Merkl, Journal of Economics